Bookmakers William Hill immediately made the Mysterious Girl crooner their 9/2 favourite to win the show followed by Georgia May Foote at 11/2 and Ainsley Harriott at 10/1.

'Peter Andre will no doubt appeal to many of the viewers, given his reality TV history and should go far,' said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly. 'We are convinced he will reach the latter stages of the show.'

The singer himself said he has been taking inspiration from the past when it comes to honing his dance moves ahead of the competition.

'For the past 10 days I’ve been looking at clips of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, the Nicolas Brothers and Sammy Davies Junior to see what they did to make the audience like their performance,' he told Hello Magazine last month.